NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO – Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: ATNM) (“Actinium” or the “Company”), a leader in the development of targeted radiotherapies for patients with unmet needs and EpicentRx, Inc. (“EpicentRx”), a San Diego-based clinical cancer immunotherapy company today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration...
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DURHAM, N.C. – Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers. “There are chemically resistant, local-tissue stem cells in the lung that only...
BUFFALO, NY- January 12, 2024 – A new case report was published in Oncoscience entitled, “Activity of pazopanib in EWSR1-NFATC2 translocation-associated bone sarcoma.” Pazopanib, a multi-kinase VEGF inhibitor, is currently FDA approved for advanced renal cell carcinoma and advanced soft tissue sarcoma; but limited evidence exists on its efficacy in...
London, UK – A course of acupuncture may curb the heightened risk of stroke associated with rheumatoid arthritis, finds a comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open. The effects seem to be independent of sex, age, medication use, and co-existing conditions, the findings indicate, prompting the researchers...
FRANKFURT, Germany – In a recent study, scientists led by Professor Stefan Müller from Goethe University’s Institute of Biochemistry II investigated a specific form of blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia, or AML. The disease mainly occurs in adulthood and often ends up being fatal for older patients. In...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. and SUZHOU, China — Adagene Inc., a company transforming the discovery and development of novel antibody-based therapies, today announced a poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2024 Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium, taking place January 18-20 in San Francisco. Details for the poster include:...
Houston, Texas – Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that adding metastasis-directed radiation therapy to standard-of-care chemotherapy improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with oligometastatic pancreatic cancer. Findings from the multicenter EXTEND trial, published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, were first presented at the 2024 American Society of Clinical...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Adipo Therapeutics, a late-stage, preclinical biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for obesity and Type 2 diabetes, announced the successful completion of a $1.9 million bridge fund round. To date, Adipo has raised a total of $4 million in seed funding to advance the development of its lead asset...
Toyoake, Japan – Cervical cancer is a highly prevalent cancer, with approximately 500,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Shockingly, the number of individuals diagnosed with precursor lesions in the cervix—also known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)—is 20 times higher. As with many potentially malignant conditions, early diagnosis of cervical cancer...
New York, NY — Advancium Health Network, a public charity dedicated to advancing therapies for rare diseases, has awarded two major grants to accelerate research into a potential treatment for Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy (ADOA)—the most common hereditary optic neuropathy. Caused by mutations in the OPA1 gene, ADOA leads to...